Toy pistol



(No Model.)

III/III I BARNES. TOY PISTOL.

Patented May 13, 1890.

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UNITED STATES ATENT HENRY BARNES, OF BROOKLYN, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TOJOHN BENTON, OF ASTORIA, NEW YORK.

TOY PISTOL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 427,535, dated May 13,1890.

Application filed February 14, 1890. Serial'NO. 340,432. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY BARNES, of Brooklyn, in the county of Kingsand State of New York, have invented a certain new and usefulImprovement in Toy Pistols, of which the following is a specification.

My improvement relates to toy pistols, so called, which are used forexploding toy percussion-caps or fulminate.

I will describe my improvement in detail, and then point out the novelfeatures in claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical longitudinalsection of a toy pistol embodyingmyimprovement. Fig. 2 is an edge viewof the same, looking from the upper side. Fig. 3 is a View similar toFig. 1, but showing a modification.

Similar letters of reference designate corresponding parts in all thefigures.

Referring first to the example of my improvement shown in Figs. 1 and 2,A designates the stock of the pistol, provided with a barrel A. Thestock and barrel are composed of two pieces of metal, which are rivetedor secured togetherby means of rivets a a a In the buttof the pistol issecured a flat spring B.

O designates the hammer. This hammer is pivoted upon the rivet a. On therear side of the hammer O isatoe c, which bears against the fiat springB. The spring B tends to hold the hammer down and to cause its quickreturn to strike a blow sufficient to explode a percussion-cap orfulminate'after it has been cooked or raised. The hammer is cocked bymeans of a combined trigger and trip D. This trigger and trip is shownas three armed, the arms being substantially equidistant from eachother. It is pivoted upon the rivet a so that it may be rotated freelythereon.

It will be obvious that when the hammer is down, or in the positionshown more clearly in Fig. 1,0ne of the arms of the combined trigger andtrip will be in contactwith a tail-piece d, extending downwardly fro-mthe hammer O. This arm of the combined trigger and trip operates, whenthe latter is rotated in one direction, to rock the hammer upon itspivot so as to cook it. This action occurs, of course, against theresistance of the spring B. hen the hammer is down, another arm of thecombined trigger and trip is always in a position to be operated as atrigger, by which the trigger and trip may be rotated to cook thehammer.

The tail-piece of the hammer O is preferably curved, as shown, in orderto admit of the arm of the combined trigger and trip which is in contactwith it passing easily along upon it. Extending upwardly from the lowerend of the tail-piece (Z, and preferably formed integral therewith, is aplunger (1. This plunger extends at its lower end through an opening (1formed in the under side of the barrel of the pistol near the rear endof said barrel. The opening (Z communicates with the bore of the barrelA. The latter is curved downwardly near its rear end, as shown. Caps orpieces of fulminate are placed in the bore of the barrel A through anopening (Z near the forward end of the latter, and upon its upper side.These caps or fulminates pass along the barrel and down the curvedportion of the bore, where the forward of them will rest upon the upperend of the plunger (1. WVhen the hammer is being cooked by the combinedtrigger and trip, the plunger (1 will be raised, carrying with it thecap or fulminate resting upon its upper end, and forcing it through avertically-extending but arc-shaped passage 6, formed at the rear of thebarrel A and communicating at its lower end with the bore of the barrel.The upper end of the passage 6 opens into a receptacle E, the bottom ofwhich is lower than the edge of the openinginto the passage 6. The capor fulminate when it reaches such opening will roll down into thereceptacle. The upper wall of the receptacle is provided with an openingfithrough which the head of the hammer will extend when it is down. Whenthe hammerhas been cocked, a cap or fulminate will have been by thattime deposited by the plunger d into the receptacle E. WVhen the hammeris released from the trip of the combined trigger and trip by thecontinued rotation of the latter, it will be quickly returned to anormal position by the spring B, and the head of the hammer will becaused to strike the cap or fulminate a blow and explode it.

In the example of my improvement shown in Fig. 3 means are provided forcausing the explosion of portions of fulminate placed upon a strip ofmaterial, such as cloth or paper. In

this case the plunger (1' is omitted. Journaled in suitable bearings inthe barrel A, near the forward end of the latter, is a spool G, uponwhich spool is wound a strip of material G upon which the fulminate isplaced. Upon the pivot a of the combined trigger and trip is placed aspool G, upon which spool the strip of material G is taken up astheportions of fulminate are successively exploded. The portions offulminate upon the strip are so spaced that each movement of thecombined trigger and trip will cause a portion of the strip to be fedforward to bring a fresh por tion of fulminate into position to bestruck by the descending hammer G. In this example the hammer strikesthe fulminate upon the upper side of the pistol-barrel.

l/Vhat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patentis 1. In a toy pistol, the combination, with a stock, of a hammerpivoted thereon, a spring for operating said hammer in one direction, atail-piece upon said hammer, and a combined trigger and trip providedwith arms so constructed that when the hammer is down, or in its normalposition, one of said arms will always be in position to act as atrigger, while opening near its rear end and upon its under Y side andan upwardly-extending passage therefrom, of a receptacle for a cap orfulminate at the rear portion of said barrel,a hammer pivoted upon saidstock, a spring for operating said hammer in one direction, a tailpieceupon said hammer, a plunger upon the tail-piece extending into saidopening in the barrel, and a combined trigger and trip provided witharms so constructed that when said hammer is 'down, or in its normalposition, one of said arms will always be in a position to act as atrigger, while the other of said arms will be in a position to act as atrip to cock the hammer and force the plunger upwardly to carry a cap orfulminate to said receptacle, where it may be struck by the descendinghammer, substantially as specified.

HENRY BARNES.

lVitnesses:

FREDK. HAYNES, GEORGE BARRY.

